The fully aerobatic Rihn DR 107 One Design was designed by Dan Rihn in the US and first flew in 1993. It was designed with the idea of a one design aerobatic contest that would be sanctioned by the FIA but this never eventuated due to several reasons including the lack of aircraft early on and the reluctance of people to commit to building the aircraft from plans. Never the less it has proved a popular aircraft and there are more than 50 flying worldwide. This number was added to at Whakatane on Saturday 20 September when Chris Schadler flew his DR 107 ZK-WAM3:
ZK-WAM3 (c/n 94-115) has been finished by Chris Schadler from a partly built project that Steve Gwilliam bought in from Australia and then sold to Chris. The One Design is the fifth aircraft building project that Chris has been involved in - several SG Storms and a smart Vans RV 3, ZK-WCO, that he has flown in New Zealand aerobatic competitions since 2015. The One Design is a step up in aerobatic mounts.
David Wilkinson flew down to Whakatane to see the first flight of Chris Schadler's One Design. David flew in his own One Design ZK-EZG2 that he has recently re-covered the fuselage on and it is photo'd here at lunch at Matamata where you can see it now has white registration letters instead of the previous black. David has just got his aircraft back into the air so it was a big weekend for One Designs here.
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